Assemblywoman Gail Phoebus announced on Tuesday, March 28th, that she will no longer seek the Republican nomination for the New Jersey state senate.

As evidence by the fact that Donald Trump not only got elected, but months into his presidency the American people still know nothing about where his financial interests lie, the bulk of the GOP thinks its no big deal if the U.S.’s top executives have interests that conflict with the good of the nation—possibly including even large debts to hostile governments.  Count Sussex County’s own trio of GOP representatives to the State House among them.

Gail Phoebus, a Republican currently representing New Jersey’s twenty-fourth legislative district in the State Assembly, has petitioned to run for the State Senate, challenging incumbent Steven Oroho.

So far the Sussex County Republican Party has been close-mouthed about why General Assembly incumbent Parker Space is this year running as a team with newcomer Harold Wirths, rather than previous teammate and current incumbent Gail Phoebus.

Former county Freeholder and state labor commissioner Harold J. Wirths, a former Chris Christie cabinet member who currently holds a position with the state Parole Board, has thrown his hat into the ring and announced he will run in the Republican primary for an assembly seat in 2017.

People convicted of domestic violence will now be required to surrender any guns they currently own, and are prohibited from obtaining a permit to obtain a firearm, thanks to Bill S2483 signed by Chris Christie on Monday.

In 2017, New Jersey voters will decide if the governor and state lawmakers can balance the budget by raiding environmental settlements.

Almost 1 million workers in New Jersey labor for the minimum wage of $8.38 an hour, well below what it costs to provide basic support to a single adult. But relief won’t be coming while Chris Christie is still in office.

Women in New Jersey still make, on average, 80 cents for every dollar a man makes doing comparable work.  But the Democrat-controlled legislature has a plan to address this.

When Sussex County’s Republican state representatives manage to distinguish themselves, it’s not in a good way.  Exhibit A: Assembly members Gail Phoebus and Parker Space were the only two people in the entire bicameral legislature to vote “no” on a bill that would make it harder for domestic violence offenders to get their hands on legal guns.